Asteroid, Comet…or Something Else? Mysterious Activity on “Oddball” Space Object Raises New Questions
UCF researchers utilized the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover unique characteristics of (2060) Chiron, a distant ...
Asteroid-comet hybrid stuns scientists: ‘Like nothing we’ve seen before’
Researcher Noemí Pinilla-Alonso explained that the composition is uncharacteristic of objects near Neptune. Its gaseous and ...
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This Strange Comet-Asteroid Hybrid Is Like Nothing Else in The Solar System
In the distant space out beyond the orbit of Jupiter lurks a strange object. Its name is Chiron, a type of outer Solar System ...
Scientists are baffled after discovering a unique asteroid-comet hybrid that's like NOTHING seen before
Scientists from the University of Central Florida have used the James Webb Space Telescope to reveal that a mysterious object ...
Scientists left baffled after discovering asteroid-comet hybrid that's like nothing ever seen before
Scientists have made a shocking discovery about a rare object in our solar system likened to an asteroid-comet hybrid.
Scientists stunned by unique asteroid-comet hybrid discovery that’s like nothing seen before
Chiron is a class of comet-ish asteroids/asteroid-ish comets called centaurs – named after the half-human, half-horse hybrid ...
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Scientists are baffled after discovering a unique asteroid-comet hybrid that's like NOTHING seen before
Named 2060 Chiron, this 125-mile-wide (200km) asteroid-comet hybrid is a type of body known as a Centaur, named after the mythical creature that is half-horse and half-man. Centaurs are solar ...
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This Strange Comet-Asteroid Hybrid Is Like Nothing Else in The Solar System
Chiron, for instance, has properties similar to those of asteroids, but also sometimes has comet-like activity. Oh, and it has a ring around it, like a little miniature planetary ring. Because ...